HAPEX—MOBILHY: A Hydrologic Atmospheric Experiment for the Study of Water Budget and Evaporation Flux at the Climatic Scale

The HAPEX-MOBILHY program is aimed at studying the hydrological budget and evaporation flux at the scale of a GCM (general circulation model) grid square, i.e., 104 km2. Different surface and subsurface networks will be operated during the year 1986, to measure and monitor soil moisture, surface-ene...

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Published in:Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 1986-01, Vol.67 (2), p.138-144
Main Authors: André, Jean-Claude, Goutorbe, Jean-Paul, Perrier, Alain
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Atmospherics
Climate models
Climatology
Climatology. Bioclimatology. Climate change
Earth, ocean, space
Evaporation
Exact sciences and technology
External geophysics
Forest soils
Freshwater
Hydrological modeling
Hydrology
Life Sciences
Meteorology
Precipitation
Water balance
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Summary:The HAPEX-MOBILHY program is aimed at studying the hydrological budget and evaporation flux at the scale of a GCM (general circulation model) grid square, i.e., 104 km2. Different surface and subsurface networks will be operated during the year 1986, to measure and monitor soil moisture, surface-energy budget and surface hydrology, as well as atmospheric properties. A two-and-a-half-month special observing period will allow for detailed measurements of atmospheric fluxes and for intensive remote sensing of surface properties using well-instrumented aircraft. The main objective of the program, for which guest investigations are strongly encouraged, is to provide a data base against which parameterization schemes for the land-surface water budget will be tested and developed.
ISSN:0003-0007
1520-0477
DOI:10.1175/1520-0477-67.2.138